3/31 I suppose you have no idea ?" "I," she said, coloring, "what put such a thing into your head? Did you come to ask me about--" "That amongst other things," interrupted Jennings, seeing Mrs.Pill's bulky figure at the door. "Can we not talk in some quieter place ?" "Come downstairs," said Juliet, moving, "but the rooms are unfurnished as Mrs.Pill is cleaning them. The house is quiet enough." "So I see," said the detective, following his companion down to the basement, "only yourself and Mrs.Pill." "And my mother," she answered. "We came here to see about some business connected with the letting of the cottage. |